by Rajiv Emerson | May 8, 2019 | 2019 Azalea and Eric in Afghan
15 years ago almost to the date on April 27, 2004, three years after the Talibans were ousted by the coalition forces, three of us arrived in Afghanistan. The opportunity was amazing and the people were in great need. The three of us were Jerry Neufeld, a Red Deer...
by Rajiv Emerson | May 8, 2019 | 2019 Azalea and Eric in Afghan
We settled our bills and said goodbye to the guards and cooks and began our final visits to the two schools we missed. Our final destination is Mazar from where we will fly tomorrow “sometime” to Istanbul and then on to Kenya. So cool to see kids that were on dirt...
by Rajiv Emerson | May 7, 2019 | 2019 Azalea and Eric in Afghan
Our day started out with the news that we would be confined to our compound. We did not receive security clearance to travel to two of our schools so the Minister of Education asked that we remain in the compound. Six armed guards were posted at our site for the four...
by Rajiv Emerson | May 7, 2019 | 2019 Azalea and Eric in Afghan
In a country where half the population is less than thirty years of age, education becomes the primary focus starting at the earliest possible age. Today we visited a community that is doing their best, but could use some help. This is Naw Abad Baba Ali School. The...
by Rajiv Emerson | May 7, 2019 | 2019 Azalea and Eric in Afghan
Our guest house provides no food unless ordered ahead of time. We are not allowed to go without a lot of paper work. Thanks to Candi for the homemade granola, rice cakes, and peanut butter. We bought small boxes of milk that do not need to be refrigerated along with...
by Rajiv Emerson | May 7, 2019 | 2019 Azalea and Eric in Afghan
On arrival we were met my Javid Noori, our 100 Classrooms Project manager. He has been a key part of our success in delivering this project. Our little Toyota could not handle our four big suitcases and so two of them needed to be left behind. I couldn’t imagine...
